Minimums Due
On Credit Cards
Are on the Increase

Credit-card issuers are bumping up monthly minimum payments in response to regulators' concerns that liberal credit policies are hurting consumers.

Last week, MBNA Corp. of Wilmington, Del., said it plans to increase the required minimum monthly payments for new credit-card accounts beginning in the third quarter, according to its 10-K filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Existing accounts will see an increase during the...